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RE: One Interesting Point

Perhaps I am missing something ( always possible with me) , but isn't the point that recorded music most commonly uses A=440Hz or close to it? If you bought a tuning fork that is what it will be i.e. what has been standard concert pitch since 1939 and is now an ISO standard.

Of course tuning A = 432 may occur but this would be unusual in classical music though (except perhaps for HIP performances of mid 19th century works). However for all I know 432 may be popular in other genres?

I too doubt that that 2Hz variation over A=430 would be audibly very obvious to the average person. After all the mean speed variation of many turntables from a precise 33.3rpm would exceed this and still be unnoticeable to the user.

Anyway I believe that any argument for listening to all recorded music at a nominal pitch other than that used in the actual performance is fallacious.

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